Assistive Technology

Xrai Glasses - Turning Speech into Subtitles

Instructor Brent Presley serves on our Equity and Inclusion Engagement Team and as a member of the Assistive Technology sub group. One of the coolest assistive technology tools that he has run across so far is the Xrai Glass.

Xrai Glass combines the Xrai Glass App and a pair of Nreal Augmented Reality glasses (can be purchased on Amazon for $379) to create real time captions of live conversation. Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes a computer generated image on a user’s view of the real world. With these AR glasses on, users with hearing loss can see the live subtitles of conversations while also seeing the world in front of them.

Not only are the Xrai glasses an application for those with hearing loss, it also transcribes the spoken word into 9 different languages.

Click Here to Watch a Video about Xrai Glass

Click Here to Visit the Xrai Glass Website

Speech to Text

Speech to text technology has improved exponentially over the last few years. For students who struggle to type or write, or for those who just like the convenience, Speech to Text tools apps are readily available and/or built into existing technology. View the following websites for ways that you or those you work with can easily turn speech to text.

Dictate your Documents in Word

Speech to Text Tool in Windows 11

Turn on Dictation on Your Mac

Otter.ai

Speech to Text Chrome Extension